śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; kālaḥ - time; te - to you; parama-aṇu - (the smallest fraction of time measured in terms of) the indivisible atom; ādiḥ - beginning with; dvi-para-ardha - the two halves of Brahmā's total life span; avadhiḥ - culminating in; nṛpa - O King Parīkṣit; kathitaḥ - has been described; yuga-mānam - the duration of the millennia; ca - and; śṛṇu - now hear; kalpa - Brahmā's day; layau - annihilation; api - also.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have already described to you the measurements of time, beginning from the smallest fraction measured by the movement of a single atom up to the total life span of Lord Brahmā. I have also discussed the measurement of the different millennia of universal history. Now hear about the time of Brahmā’s day and the process of annihilation.